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So, looking for things to play that don’t require new purchases that might step on someone’s gift-buying shoes, I’ve been looking into DLC offerings. One thing that caught my eye was the fact that there were two cheap (I think like… 2 dollars of Microsoft Funmoney, maybe 2.50) DLC campaigns for Band of Bugs. I thought Band of Bugs was a pretty nice little game, back when I first got it. It was an interesting quick and dirty Tactics clone that you could pick up and play easily, so I got one of the two campaigns. I, uh, apparently bought the second one first, though, but since the plots are unrelated, I suppose that’s not too horrible.

The Campaign I got was Ninja Sticks of Fury, which added a stickbug ninja class to the game, as well as snow levels. The pack was less meaty than I was hoping. I apparently retained most of my skills from playing through the original campaign, because I only had to restart twice as I played through it. I got maybe 4 hours of gameplay out of it. Still, that’s not TOO bad of a cost/value ratio. I spend 2 bucks on caffeine drinks everyday, and they probably don’t give me as much enjoyment.
The ninja class itself is kind of overpowered, I suppose. They have the weapon choices and movement of the mosquito thieves but a double-attack similar to the Mantis royal guards. If they get hit twice in a row, they’re screwed, but they can take out just about anyone with one hit after you get them above… what… level 5? Whenever they get the dual-attack. Still, their ranged weapon isn’t nearly as useful as the Mosquito’s crossbow. It does shit for damage against higher level enemies. Still, the flexibility to switch is nice.

Overall, I could probably recommend this? I mean, I am pretty sure I’m going to buy the other campaign before Chrissymas, so obviously it didn’t deter me. But I dunno, be warned that it isn’t some expert-level super-campaign. It’s not that hard. It’s just more levels. If you wanted more Band of Bugs, go for it.